Quercus convallata

Quercus convallata
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:	Q. convallata
Binomial name
	Quercus convallata; Trel. (1924)
Synonyms
	Quercus reticulata f. apus (Trel.) A.Camus (1935); Quercus reticulata f. inclusa (Trel.) A.Camus (1935); Quercus rhodophlebia f. apus Trel. (1924); Quercus rhodophlebia f. inclusa Trel. (1924);

Quercus convallata is a species of oak endemic to western Mexico. It is a large shrub or small tree which grows to 10 to 15 meters tall. It is native to the southern Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas, and Durango states. It grows on rocky slopes in open and relatively dry oak and pine–oak forest from 2,000 to 2,500 meters elevation.^[1]

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The species was first described by William Trelease in 1924.^[2] It is placed in section Quercus.^[3]

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